Integrating Health Informatics into Pre-Registration Nursing Education: Insights from a Participatory Workshop

Area of Science:

• Health Informatics
• Nursing Education

Background:

• Implementing health informatics in pre-registration health professional degrees faces challenges like curriculum overload, educator gaps, and financial constraints.
• Despite barriers, successful health informatics pre-registration nursing programs have been reported.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore successful strategies for incorporating health informatics into nursing curricula.
• To meet accreditation standards for health informatics in nursing programs.

Main Methods:

• A virtual workshop was conducted during the 15th International Nursing Informatics Conference in 2021.
• Recommendations were gathered from workshop participants.

Main Results:

• Emphasized the importance of academic-clinical partnerships.
• Highlighted the need for innovative approaches to enhance academic team capacity.
• Stressed the importance of access to contemporary point-of-care digital technologies.

Conclusions:

• Academic-clinical partnerships are crucial for successful health informatics integration.
• Enhancing academic capacity and access to digital technologies are vital for modern nursing education.